Sweet Pongal Recipe | Sakkarai Pongal | Chakkara Pongal Recipe – Sweet Pongal or Chakarai Pongal is a dessert which is mostly prepared during Pongal festival. It is prepared with Rice, Jaggery and Ghee. Many a times, it can be made with moong dal too.
Things to note
Sweet Pongal tastes good with right amount of jaggery and ghee. I have provided the measurements based on our taste buds. You can alter it as per your taste.
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Nutrition Facts
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Sweet Pongal is a healthy recipe. It can be used to treat anemia because it contains high amounts of Jaggery and Raisins. Jaggery is good for cleansing the blood, treating menstrual problems. It aids in digestion and prevents Anemia. Ghee is packed with fat soluble vitamins, strengthens your bones.
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Sweet Pongal Recipe | Sakkarai Pongal | Chakkara Pongal Recipe
Ingredients
- 100 gms Raw Rice washed
- 2 tsp Ghee
- A handful of Cashews and Raisins
- 200 gms Jaggery
- Water little to melt jaggery
- 3-5 tsp Additional Ghee
Instructions
- Wash 100 gms of Raw Rice and take it in a pressure cooker
- Add enough water in the pressure cooker to slightly overcook the rice.
- Pressure cook the raw rice
- Take a pan and Heat it. Add 2 tsp Ghee in the pan
- When the Ghee is warm, add a handful of Cashews and Raisins
- Fry the dry fruits in Ghee for few mins till the Raisins bulge in size. Switch off the flame and keep the dry fruits aside
- In a bowl, take some water and add 200 gms of Jaggery in it
- Keep the bowl on the flame and melt Jaggery in low flame
- Jaggery should melt completely. Then switch off the flame
- After the rice is cooked, add the melted Jaggery in it. You need to filter the Jaggery water for any dust particles
- Add 1/4 tsp Cardamon Powder to the cooked rice
- Switch on the flame and cook the rice, stirring all the while
- After a min, add the dry fruits along with its ghee to the rice
- Add more Ghee - approx. 4 or 5 tsp Ghee
- Keep Stirring till the Ghee floats on the top. When the Ghee floats on top, Sweet Pongal is ready
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Step by step Directions for Chakkara Pongali
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Wash 100 gms of Raw Rice and take it in a pressure cooker
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Add enough water in the pressure cooker to slightly overcook the rice.
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Pressure cook the raw rice
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Take a pan and Heat it. Add 2 tsp Ghee in the pan
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When the Ghee is warm, add a handful of Cashews and Raisins
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Fry the dry fruits in Ghee for few mins till the Raisins bulge in size. Switch off the flame and keep the dry fruits aside
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In a bowl, take some water and add 200 gms of Jaggery in it
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Keep the bowl on the flame and melt Jaggery in low flame
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Jaggery should melt completely. Then switch off the flame
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After the rice is cooked, add the melted Jaggery in it. You need to filter the Jaggery water for any dust particles
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Add 1/4 tsp Cardamon Powder to the cooked rice
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Switch on the flame and cook the rice, stirring all the while
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After a min, add the dry fruits along with its ghee to the rice
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Add more Ghee – approx. 4 or 5 tsp Ghee
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Keep Stirring till the Ghee floats on the top. When the Ghee floats on top, Sweet Pongal is ready
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